SACP Archives - The Ulwazi Programme

UJohannes Nkosi: 3 Sebthemba 1905 – 19 Disemba 1930

Umhlaka-16 Disemba uphambenenomlando waseNingizimu Afrika. Kwabaningi abakhuluma isiBhunu lolu suku kwakuwukugubha ukunqoba kwe-Voortrekkers ukunqoba amaZulu ku-Battle of Blood River ngo-1838 kanti abantu abamnyama baseNingizimu Afrika bathola ukuthi lo mgubho wawucasula, njengoba usuku lwalumele ukulahleka komhlaba kanye nenkululeko ehambisanayo , nokufa kwenduna enkulu yakwaZulu, iNkosi uDingane. Ngesikhathi sokuphela kweminyaka yama-1920 kanye nama-30s, abasebenzi base-Afrika banza imibhikisho … Read more

Wafela ukuthula

Namhlanje kubalwa iminyaka engamashumi amabili nanhlanu kwabulawa u-Chris Hani, isenzo esaphazamisa izingxoxo ezazibucayi zokudlulisa amandla kuhulumeni wobandlululo eya kuhulumeni wentando yeningi. Kunzima ukukholelwa kulokhu emva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka eseyadlula, kodwa u-Chris Hani wayethandwa kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika. Futhi abaningi babekholelwa ukuthi i-SACP yayingayihlula i-ANC okhethweni uma u-Hani wayesangamholi. Ngaphambi kokuthi aqokelwe isikhundla sokuba nguNobhala Jikelele weSACP … Read more

The Tripartite Alliance

With the exception of the African National Congress (ANC), there’s probably no better known political body in South Africa than the tripartite alliance. Bringing together the ANC, the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the alliance forms the cornerstone of the government’s power. The relationship is an … Read more

uKesval ‘Kay’ Moonsamy (5 July 1926-21 June 2017)

Ngokudlula emhlabeni kuka Kesval Moonsamy ngesonto elidlule lelizwe lilahlekelwe ngenye yezingqalabutho zentando yeningi. Ubaziwa kakhulu ngelika ‘Kay’, uMoonsamy wayeyilunga lezinhlangano eziningi zepolitiki, waba yilunga lenyunyana esemncane kakhulu. Eneminyaka eyi 14 waqala ukusebenza eRhodesian Timbers Limited lapho azizwela khona ukungabikho kobulungiswa nokungalingani emsebenzini ngenxa yebala. Wabe eseba yilunga leNatal Indian Congress (NIC) kanye neCommunist Party of … Read more

Dawood Seedat: 1916-1976

The name Dawood Seedat might not be familiar to that many people, but that only serves to prove the number of unsung heroes that we have in South Africa, and how so much more needs to be done to publicise the work of the countless individuals who made it possible for us to live the … Read more

Eric ‘Stalin’ Mtshali: 1931-12th October 2018

Last Sunday an official funeral was held for the late Eric ‘Stalin’ Mtshali, who passed away at the age of 87 at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital in Durban. Nicknamed ‘Stalin’ for his admiration of the Soviet Union leader, Joseph Stalin, Mtshali was a committed member of the South African Communist Party (SACP), which he joined in 1957. … Read more